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Definition of Asphodels
1. asphodel [n] - See also: asphodel
Lexicographical Neighbors of Asphodels
Literary usage of Asphodels
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Spirit of Rome: Leaves from a Diary by Vernon Lee (1906)
"... XV asphodels I IKE Johnson and his wall-fruit, I have never had as many
asphodels to look at as I wanted. Ever since I saw them first, rushing by train ..."
2. The Wine of the Puritans: A Study of Present-day America by Van Wyck Brooks (1908)
"... ad absurdum—Racial necessities—Too much comparison—"Fleet Street"—asphodels in
... asphodels ..."
3. Letters of Sidney Lanier: Selections from His Correspondence, 1866-1881 by Sidney Lanier (1899)
"... Bordered where its music swells By the languid Lotos-bells And the twilight
asphodels," (and if flower-bells were church-bells they would chime just so! ..."
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